pencil
noun
a slender tube of wood, metal, plastic, etc., containing a core or strip of graphite, a solid coloring material, or the like, used for writing or drawing.
were pencilling
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past progressiveof pencil.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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John Orgreave and Lucas were pencilling in turn upon one of these, a page torn out of a weekly.
From The Roll-Call by Arnold Bennett
